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The Dawson Active Learning Community will be hosting several workshops this semester. All faculty members are invited to attend! Workshops topics will include Perusall, Active Learning Foundations, and the flipped classroom approach, among others. Consult the DALC website for dates, times and venue (some workshops will be virtual, others will be in person)….
The SALTISE conference will be held on June 2 and 3, 2022. Submission deadline for proposals – Monday, February 21st, 2022, 6:00 PM (18h00) EST Conference theme – Collaborative Dialogues: The Role of Active Learning in Today’s Educational Realities For the full description of the Conference theme, click here. Typically we accept proposals on the following topics: Active Learning Practices…
From Faculty Focus October 25, 2021 Stephen Buckles, PhD Excerpt: Like most faculty, printed textbooks have been a mainstay throughout my career. I could adopt them off the shelf and nobody questioned my decision. After all, this is how I and so many of my peers have been taught, and it seems to have worked…
October 22, 2021 | 2:30 – 4:00 PM Exploring how classroom formative and summative assessments can better serve diverse and minoritized learners. This webinar will explore a new approach to classroom assessment that takes into account historical and continuing discrimination. This webinar will explore the practical implications of the five design principles that currently…
The Dawson College Communities of Practice are accepting proposals to become a faculty fellow. Would you like to know more about these communities? or how to apply to become a fellow? Watch their videos or connect to their websites. Dawson Active Learning Community (DALC) Co-leads: Selma Hamdani (Psychology) and Chris Whittaker (Physics) E-Learning Community…
When teachers give retakes and shift the way they talk about grades, students concentrate on the skills they’re gaining—not their scores. By Crystal Frommert June 30, 2021 in Edutopia Excerpt: The reality is they check their grades online constantly. They ask questions like: How many points off if I forgot units? How much will you…
September 24 @ 14:30 – 16:00 Assessment Challenge Webinar Series F2021 Assessing student learning is a major challenge for teachers, those new to the profession and those well-seasoned in it. As a result of the pandemic and online teaching, many of us were forced to confront the limitations and challenges of the assessments we have…
The Teamwork Challenge Webinar PART 2: Research to Practice March 26 @ 14:30 – 16:00 As teachers, we make countless big and small decisions when using group work in our courses – some successful, others less so. When we look to the literature on this topic the messages are mixed. So, how should we interpret…
SALTISE virtual events series The Teamwork Challenge Webinar PART 1: Platforms & Practice Join us Friday, February 26th @ 2:30 PM EST Teachers want to use group work but no matter how much we believe it is a great way to learn, even the best of us struggle to get it just right. Is it…
From Profweb, April 27, 2020 A number of technologies have facilitated the transition to alternative methods of teaching. In recent years, these tools have become more user-friendly and accessible to teachers, who are using them to support a blended or fully on-line approach within their teaching practice. Yann Brouillette and Carmen Leung are 2 such teachers from Dawson…
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